Man Armed With Butane Lighter Arrested For Robbery

An Oregon man was arrested after reportedly robbing the Lowes Store in East Redding on Wednesday afternoon. Redding Police were called at 4:06PM to the big box store on East Cypress by employees who reported a man armed with a handgun had just stole an item from the store. The man left the store and was last seen walking on Cypress Avenue before officers arrived. A search was done of the nearby area, and after a lengthy search they found their suspect identified as 33-year-old Justin Martin of Dales, Oregon in a concealed encampment near the store. Officers were able to locate the stolen merchandise and the clothing he apparently was wearing during the robbery, a green hat and a dark blue trench coat. Police say that martin was not armed with a handgun, but with a butane lighter that resembled a gun. Martin was booked into the Shasta County Jail for robbery.